Love Patina

These two chairs came out of storage  ~
 to be upholstered in old hemp and French linen 

SWARM portrait cushion

for the moment it is adding some wonderful  texture to the worn patina I so like..

It is this patched square of muslin mended by hand, that I find irresistible

I have to admit I am not quite ready to strip these chairs, once it is done, 
the original history is changed.There is mystery in the tattered old silk threads that makes me pause and wonder about who sat on them, what discussions and  stories played off in a era where time was made to do just that.

 Each roll of old hemp is a slightly  different texture,colour and feel, but I do not mind that at all, in fact I prefer it .

  in a room void of  colour other than that of
 old paper,gray, bone and black.

Do you have a room where you can play? 

this Orangery is it - 
it is my follie where every object is what I truly love and the one space I could live 
with complete  contentment  if I had to choose
 one area in this house to be summoned to do so..

previous  posts on this favourite space and deconstructed French chairs:

here:
http://labrocanteuse.blogspot.com/2012/02/deconstructed-french-chairs.html

here:
http//labrocanteuse.blogspot.com /2011/01/orangerie.html

here:
http://labrocanteuse.blogspot.com/2012/02/eloquence.html


here:
http://labrocanteuse.blogspot.com/2011/03/in-with-old-reinvented.html

et bientôt
Colette